Chipco Miniature Wargame Rules

06/06/2024

Peanuts by Charles Schulz

06/06/2024

We are currently on the 20th revision of LPE2. We just got a bunch of Photos from Little Wars TV, and we will incorporate them into LPE2 as figures. John Hills wonderful beginning game will feature his photos of his 2 mm figures. We would like a couple of experienced LPE players to Play Test the new version. Also, anyone who would like to post pictures of their army to post in the LPE2 section on the Google drive let us know. We are 90% through.

Our philosophy is to make the game as great as possible through countless revisions.

29/04/2024

Unfortunately, both John and I have had either some medical issues, or medical issues with our spouses the last months. But we Have been working on things.

One of the coolest is this Google Drive. John Hills has done a stellar job organizing this. Please explore for some really cool freebies.

We are also mostly through with a very thorough scenario for Helms Deep in conjunction with LWTV, and LPE3, also in conjunction with LWTV. We will be done soon (May), then, we will finally finish the Italian Wars for DOK3 (we did finish Early Medieval (shield wall armies), and the Mongols.

24/12/2023

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all of our Chipco fans!

As a bit of a Christmas present, we are releasing our WotR suite expansion for DOK. This includes notes on using DOK2 for WotR battles, and two scenarios, Stoke and Bosworth. This will be rolled into DOK3 when it is released. You will notice some of the updated layout, which will also be part of DOK3.

In addition, we are releasing our addendum for using DOK to play large battles in KINGMAKER. Although Kingmaker can be played with very few actual battles, using DOK in large battles will be an excuse for miniature battles.

The files are on Google drives:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1335EL9-gVTkrGOz3svjfr97B31iRaBWg
and are no cost. We will also have other files periodically posted there.

Look for our design goals in LPE, and our release timeline in posts next week.

08/11/2023

Lots of cool concepts within the basic wonderfulness of Chip's LPE rules. We are thinking of (some optional) rules:

Using the D6, but counting doubling results as a DD, and triple as a Kill. Units that are DD in one go from artillery or melee, can not be rallied beyond a D. We are incorporating some concepts from CT (and in some of the following), and this represent casualties. In previous historical periods, the Demoralization reflected mostly moral, but some casualties, as most of the deaths occurred after one side broke. Using more deadly weapons, casualties became more important in initial results. Still, the battles were mainly decided on who won the charge.

We are considering representing the moral clock by Aids de Camp (ADCs). An ADC in removed each time the moral clock is reduced as normal. However, an ADC can take control of a unit, and act like a general for one phase (rally his unit and adjacent units) at the cost of one moral point (so he is removed). Big cost for big benefit. The general can send a ADC to a unit at the speed of cavalry (like in CT). ADC can be scattered in allied commands, so their effect is immediate, but they only can be affected by their own. This is similar to DOK commands. If the general takes command of a unit, he loses his special abilities, but generates two ADCs.

We are currently building a scenario for a two day battle at Talavera, (with some cool optional scenario rules). Please contact me if you are interested in playtesting some of the concepts!

08/11/2023

Okay, really working on WOTR, and LPE.

I think we have WotR pretty much sorted (corrupted by my English partner, lmao). The main rules are finished, and Bosworth, Stoke, and Kingmaker are 90% done.

23/10/2023

Okay, I need some feedback from dedicated players. We have been thinking about dice in Chipco games. LWTV changed from D10 to D8 on age of Hannibal to reduce some unpredictable results. We have been doing some intensive play testing to figure out what we want. And we are taking input from players.

SO, our current take on dice is to use a D10 in LPE and the other D10 games, and have a double result make a DD (so if it a unit is already D, it is a kill), and a triple result making a kill. This will make a somewhat protracted combat series, but more balanced. With the "early Medieval" shield wall armies we are doing for DOK3, it is perfect.

Thoughts???

19/10/2023

Next priority is to produce a scenario with Nick at YouTube Medieval Warrior for a Hundred Wars Scenario where he will produce his really cool cards, and cover the playing of the battle in detail. We have a scenario in mind, and John is working on it.

19/10/2023

In January 2024, with LWTV, we will finish a free beginning of the "Middle Earth" expansion to FR! to allow Peter Jackson rules sets and strict Tolkien rules sets to be able to fight battles together. Since, as a very long time Tolkien fan (I first read "The Fellowship of the Rings" on a US Navy ship outside of Vietnam), I wrote FR! based on Middle Earth, it is a labor of love with no compensation. LWTV will evaluate our rules, and decide if they want to promote a free expansion for their readers.

19/10/2023

The second priority is to finish the WotR free expansion for DOK. We are 95% through with it, and it will include two scenarios (Bosworth and Stoke), and the Kingmaker expansion (already ready for publication). Kingmaker is hardly truly historic, but a heck of a lot of fun, and this expansion will have folks liking to have battles with DOK rules. We expect this to be finished and available this year.

19/10/2023

Okay, some major news. As you are aware, I had a crappy summer with the injuries to myself and my wife and all the funerals. I am mostly healed, and able to do a limited amount of things.

The good news is John Hills and I came up with a bunch of cool concepts (like his shield wall army rules) for a lot of new projects.

But, MOST IMPORTANTLY, we are renewing our collaboration with Little Wars TV. They, and we, are changing our focus (in our case due to the excellent John Hills). As such, we now have a real schedule, and deadlines, and interesting plans, and no excuses.

1) This year we plan to rerelease LPE. It will be in a newer format (with lots of LWTV pictures) with some additions. We will have a beginning game (10 equal stands a side with a meeting engagement) with a full run through showing game concepts (like we did with the excellent Nick at the YouTube Medieval Warrior for DOK), and the basic game with 24 stands a side like now. We will add a Historical refight sections offering a balanced game DIY using concepts, and historical scenarios. Historical scenarios are rarely equal, so the victory conditions will be different. There will be a few rules for a very limited amount of new units, adjustments for late arriving troops, redoubts and fortifications, and trash units. We will also include a Crimean War section. Chip did a fantastic job on the basic rules, and those will not change. We also may be able to include battle maps for the battles. Our design concepts are the same as before, will publish them soon.

21/08/2023

My wife and I had moderately severe accidents last month, she has to use a walker for torn ligaments in her foot, and I have a finger to elbow cast for a broken and pinned little finger. So I have one hand to type. So some delays. The WOTR rules will be posted here, and are no charge. Very close. Included are two scenarios written by John Hills (Stoke and Bosworth), and a Kingmaker add on.

05/05/2023

Meta changed the rules for pages, and I have to spend some time figuring it out, and publishing "stories" and such. I have some time in the next week, so finishing WotR and Bosworth with John Hills, and general guidance on WotR, should get it done.

05/05/2023

Bosworth and WotR supplement ready, and will be here this weekend. Gratz to John Hills and Ken Blakey for insights.

19/01/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUGOcPPIHME

19/01/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUGOcPPIHME

12/01/2023

Some issues in writing over the holidays. We have a battle of Stoke scenero almost ready to go, and a Dark age and First Crusades scenario.

More soon.

31/10/2022

Stevie Nicks

30/10/2022

A section of a engagement with two battles fighting it out. You can see how Cav can cause major havoc by rolling up a flank. Also how important characters are. Thanks Nick for the
video!

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26/10/2022

26/10/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjZWL3bq8gw

25/10/2022

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (Azincourt in French) - 25th October 1415 - a battle that pitted Henry V's exhausted army against the massed ranks of the French nobility, made icons of Henry V and the English longbowman, and become part of English national identity.

I painted this large oil on canvas to mark the 600th anniversary of Agincourt in 2015, and the original is now part of the Royal Armouries collection and on display at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.

Henry V is in the thick of the fighting, surrounded by his bodyguard and with his banners flying above him, as they desperately fight off the French knights and men at arms who have struggled through the mud and barrage of English arrows to reach their antagonists.

For more information about this painting and to see large detail images and description of who and what is shown, see my website – https://www.studio88.co.uk/acatalog/The_Battle_of_Agincourt.html
There is also a Painting Diary, following my progress as the painting evolved from a blank canvas.
Prints are available, on paper or canvas.

08/09/2022

So a teaser on DOK3. Man, there is a lot of content!!! Lots of scenarios (Stoke--yay John Hills and Ken Blackley who helped for example) and Dark Ages and Mongols and Italian Wars (thanks Eric Lindberg). John and I have been working on it a lot. Probably holidays or early nest year.

The coolest (in my mind) part of DOK3 is that the basic game can be lifted out and played standalone for a beer and pretzels (for mine and Little Wars TV groups, Scotch and Pizza) game without all the extras. For example, the tercios can be modeled as pike (or professional pike) with an attached bow. The advanced rules give you an interesting way to mark the evolution of mixed infantry during the late middle ages and the Italian Wars.

If you are doing 100 years war or WoTR, not many changes.

We have an interesting campaign structure in FRTCE! that could be appropriate in DOK3. Also, the character traits, and the heraldry and ECU value for characters are really interesting in campaigns. A lot of people used DOK2 for the combat game in Kingmaker.

Thank you for your support! Yay John Hills!

25/07/2022

Yet another video from Nick the Greek. Nice job. He gets it. C&C is critical to the Medieval ages and to DOK.

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25/07/2022

Another great video from Nick. The pike rules for the basic game will only allow regular and professional pikes, and they will not be retinue. Bows can attach, so this is a simple way to model early Tercios. Pike blocks will be late Medieval and Italian Wars for professionals (optional rules), and for early Medieval Scottish schiltrons.

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25/07/2022

Another nice presentation by Nick who is Greek (I want to say Nick the Greek, but that is also a restaurant where I had lunch yesterday. lol). Love how he details the issues on each side. Too many wargames boil down to rush ahead and roll lots of dice...

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14/07/2022

Joyeuse Fête Nationale

14/07/2022

The Spanish Pike photos in the photo section (15mm), painted by Chip Harrison, will be in the advanced rules section in DOK3. In the basic rules, we will have Pike and professional pike, and attaching a bow unit will simulate a lot of the pike units in the late Medieval period, and Italian Wars. If you want to have a more nuanced pike progression in the Italian Wars, the advanced rules can be used.

One of the founding features of Chipo games is THEY MUST BE FUN TO PLAY! To many fiddly (nod to John Hills) and unnecessary rules can ruin a game, especially if you have a scotch and cigar game (I pass on the ci**rs) with older gamers who just want to have fun and good company.

13/07/2022

Chip decided a while ago that he was not going to be involved with Chipco anymore. He is still a Great friend, and does give me advice when needed. We have lunch frequenrly.

However, I really need an involved partner.

So I am extremely pleased to announce that our European connection, JOHN HILLS, is joining Chipco as a partner! He has been involved with Chipco for 20+ years, is extremely knowledgeable about our periods, and has the time to help. In the short term, he is mainly going to be involved in the layout and production of DOK3, but his knowledge of wargames will be extremely utilized with final rules for DOK3 and future rules.

YAY!

Curtis
Chipco

04/07/2022

Jeanine and Curtis